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Prague
Katerina Beckova
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Description for Prague
Paperback. Translator(s): Paton, Derek; Paton, Marzia. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203. .
Since its birth as a city, Prague's appearance, character, and life have been shaped by the River Vltava. The flow of the river enabled the settlement of the Prague basin, the creation of the capital of the Bohemian Kingdom, and, later, the Czech state. In the course of their joint history, the city has gradually tamed the river, and as Prague has changed, so too has its river. This exquisitely illustrated book celebrates both the historical and living bond between Prague and the Vltava. After first exploring the river's major transformations most radically those of the nineteenth century, when the ... Read more
Since its birth as a city, Prague's appearance, character, and life have been shaped by the River Vltava. The flow of the river enabled the settlement of the Prague basin, the creation of the capital of the Bohemian Kingdom, and, later, the Czech state. In the course of their joint history, the city has gradually tamed the river, and as Prague has changed, so too has its river. This exquisitely illustrated book celebrates both the historical and living bond between Prague and the Vltava. After first exploring the river's major transformations most radically those of the nineteenth century, when the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Ovocny, Czechia
ISBN
9788024632926
SKU
V9788024632926
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About Katerina Beckova
Katerina Beckova is a historian and curator in the City of Prague Museum. Derek Paton has been a translator of works of Czech history, politics, and art history for more than twenty-five years, twenty of which he has translated together with his wife Marzia Patton.
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